Inês Black

About

Professor Inês Black is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy area at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Her research focuses on the intersection of firm strategy and labor markets, specifically examining how and when the matching process between workers and firms results in performance gains. She is particularly interested in how organizations select hiring channels based on their demand for skills. Professor Black teaches the core Strategy course for Fuqua's daytime MBA program. Her work contributes to understanding the dynamics of firm hiring strategies and labor market efficiency, providing insights into organizational decision-making processes related to talent acquisition and workforce management.

Research topics

• Economics
• Labour economics
• Computer Science
• Business
• Econometrics
• Psychology
• Marketing
• Industrial organization
• Cognitive psychology
• Market economy

Selected publications

• Hunting for talent: Firm‐driven labor market search in the United States

  Strategic Management Journal · 2023 · 24 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  Abstract Research Summary We analyze firm‐driven labor market search, where firms “hunt” for talent rather than rely on workers to apply for vacancies. We leverage three approaches. We develop a model of firm‐driven search and derive equilibrium conditions under which firms use this channel. We test our model's predictions using two data sources. Data from a nationally representative survey of 10,000 workers shows that the percentage hired through recruiting has increased from 4.9% in 1991 to 14…

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• Better Together? CEO Identity and Firm Productivity

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2019-01-01 · 8 citations

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
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• Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in America

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2020 · 5 citations

  1st authorCorresponding
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• Market Segment, Organizational Form, and Information Technology Fit

  Strategy Science · 2023-10-03 · 2 citations

  article

  Several literatures in strategy propose models of the displacement of incumbent firms by newer firms that adopt newer technologies. Although that pattern likely plays out often, it is also often the case that incumbents adopt new technologies less intensively than entrants and yet, are not displaced; the new and old firms coexist. We propose one explanation built on the fundamental notion in strategy of the importance of fit between activity system components. We combine three existing models fr…

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• The False Illusion of Wage Cyclicality

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022 · 2 citations

  1st authorCorresponding
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Frequent coauthors

• Sharique Hasan

  Duke University

  5 shared

• Sae-Seul Park

  Carnegie Mellon University

  2 shared

• Ana Figueiredo

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  2 shared

• David Krackhardt

  Carnegie Mellon University

  2 shared

• Rembrand Koning

  2 shared

• Victor Manuel Bennett

  2 shared

• Todd A. Hall

  University of Kansas

  2 shared

• Raina A. Brands

  1 shared

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